Associate Director, Finance - Oncology FP&A

Gilead Sciences • Foster City, CA

1d • $182,070 - $235,620

About The Position

At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference. Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact. We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.

Requirements

• Business Partnership and Collaboration: Demonstrate an ability to build strong relationships with Finance and non-Finance business partners. The candidate should be a proactive leader exhibiting strong influencing capabilities with business partners and a willingness to maintain open and transparent communication across the organization.
• Results Orientation: Be results-driven and must thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Must have the ability to lead and meet deadlines for multiple priorities and projects and take ownership of issues and resolve them in a timely manner, with a "can-do" attitude
• Willingness to be hands-on: The individual must have a willingness to become involved in operations to understand the processes so that the person can be viewed as the financial partner by the business.
• Provide Forward Thinking: The individual must be able to identify the interdependencies across different parts of the organization and proactively address the potential impact of issues with relevant parties.
• Business Savvy and Financial Acumen: The candidate will possess exceptional financial analytical and problem-solving skills. These skills must be balanced by sound business judgment.
• Project Leadership and Management: The candidate must possess the ability to actively lead and manage the execution of projects that involve cross-functional stakeholders. This includes providing guidance on project scope and timelines, integrating the work of multiple teams into project deliverables, and ensuring quality and timeliness of deliverables.
• Team Leadership: Demonstrate the ability to align and motivate other team members to achieve objectives including financial results, timely and accurate reporting, transparency, and controls.
• Bachelor's Degree and Ten Years' Experience OR Masters' Degree and Eight Years' Experience

Nice To Haves

• 8+ years of relevant experience in Finance, having held positions of increasing scope and responsibility
• Solution oriented, with good analytical capabilities
• Prior experience in biotech or pharmaceutical industry and supporting R&D is preferred
• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills as well as the ability to work independently and as an effective member of the team
• Experience with project reporting, operational accounting and reporting is required
• Demonstrated success working in a deadline driven and multi-task environment
• Must have familiarity with SAP and advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; knowledge of TM1 is a plus

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross functional drug development teams (Gilead Asset Teams) to guide, analyze, and make recommendations to influence investment decisions at various levels of governance, and maximize value for the organization
• Establish strong business partnerships with the Oncology clinical development teams to provide comprehensive financial support and ongoing analytics for clinical studies spend
• Drive development of meaningful financial analyses and create effective presentations to communicate conclusions and recommendations to the business
• Drive development and implementation of key process improvement initiatives. Proactively engage with Finance colleagues and business partners to develop continuous process improvements to planning, analyses and reporting
• Monitor and ensure compliance with internal controls, company policies and procedures

Benefits

• company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
• discretionary annual bonus
• discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role)
• paid time off

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager